You may also try clean boot. If the clean boot works, that means this is a
3rd party software issue. Then you can focus on 3rd party software. This how
to may help.
Windows generalHow to run Windows OS with a clean boot · How to Run Windows
Safe Mode with Networking · How to setup DHCP for IP Phone How to sort
programs in Start ...
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windo...owsgeneral.htm
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"Kimlyn" <Kimlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46858C33-7326-4290-90F0-B9C366275B92@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I really need help here. Today, all of a sudden I couldn't go into the LAN
> to add a static IP address, all my options are greyed out. The pop up I
> get
> is: Some of the controls on this property sheet are disabled because one
> or
> more other Network property sheets are already open. To use these
> controls,
> close all these property sheets and then reopen this open. Funny thing,
> this
> is the only one open. I've shut the pc down, I've restarted, I've removed
> all
> network cards from the device manger, shut the pc down and restarted to
> let
> it reinstall the network card.
> I'm on WinXPRO SP3. All the updates are installed. This is a work computer
> and I'm trying to set it up so I can use vpn from home to access this pc
> when
> I'm on call. I can go in and do all this stuff under safe mode and not
> receive the pop up message and all my options are available. I have no
> viruses or malware etc... scanned with everything on the net and still
> same
> thing. If the static ip address changes I don't want to keep going in to
> safe
> mode to change it. I shouldn't have to! Please help....
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